missgigglewings

My Grandmother use to do that home made thing! I think we kids all got to taste it. And I got to put my Grandpa's hats over an up-side-down cooking pot so when it dried it would stand up tall! He was a railroader and that was my job every washday!
Thanks girls, for the long, long ago memories. Now where did I put my shoes?

Kitsie

Tell us more! What homemade thing? Sounds interesting!

I hate to admit it, but I did not pre-wash the fabric before I pieced it. Never had a problem before now, tho. Seems a lot better after I resprayed. I bet there was not enough, but it was weird how it just came apart after we flipped the quilt over to re-adjust the backing. Ah, well it's tying up nicely now.

knlsmith

I starch like crazy n use junetaylor spray. Never had a prob except when using polester batting.

zz-pd

I use the basting spray, and have never had a problem. God bless.

Bottle Blonde

I think I know why the basting spray didn't stick..... You have to shake the can of basting spray until your arm hurts and then shake it in the other hand until that arm hurts! LOL Then it should adhere to the starched fabric and batting. :lol:

missgigglewings

Kitsie: To answer your question, Grandma cooked the starch in a pan on the stove. I use to have to help stir it too. I think it was called Napha and it felt like powdered sugar. When it was all smoothe and liquidy I would dip my Grandpa's blue & white striped hats in it, then stretch them over the bottom of a pan. They stayed there till they were dry and when you took them off the pan they stood up nice and tall on his head. I also had to dip his red hankerchiefs in it and hang them on the line. He wore these around his neck to keep hot coals from blowing down his shirt and burning him. He was a fireman on the Nickle Plate Railroad out of Illinois, way back when! Sorry, I got carried away with the memories, so back to quilting!

Kitsie

Oh, don't be sorry! That's exactly what I asked from you! What a wonderful memory! I hope you are recording such things somewhere! I have wonderful memories of my parents and Grandies and am always wanting to write them down but I never seem to, like my 9 yr old grandson funny expressions. Thank you!

purplefiend

I don't use basting spray. I'm asthmatic and cannot breathe when someone is using it. I use curved safety pins.

Kitsie

Have you used a tacking gun? That's my second choice. My arthritic fingers (not bad yet) object to all the pinning but the little gun just shoots in a tack.

pamdux

For some reason my basting gun is on the fritz and we can not figure out what is wrong with it. Any ideas on how to fix it would be appreciated. The basting thingies get stuck in the needle.